Went by a local dealer a few weeks ago to take a look at a Ural they had on the floor. If finances could allow it, that baby would have been coming home with me. So I have been doing some reading on the net, more for fun than anything else and have a question. What's with the offset front wheel? Why is it that on some hacks the front wheel/axle is not inline, vertically, with the forks? Does this relate to the steering issues when turning the bike right(here in Canada, left in England I guess)

You can gain plenty of reading material by Googling or Forum Searching for 'Leading Link Forks'.

The reasons for fitting them are many,a major advantage on a combo is that properly set up leading links can seperate suspension forces from braking forces,so your steering geometry stays effectively constant at all times.

There`s also less tendency to judder or twist and struggle with the side loadings and unusual forces associated with a sidecar.....especially an undriven one.

My 650 Ural was a 'Roustabout' model fitted as stock with telescopic forks.

When I got my 750 Ural 'Dalesman' with its leading links I noticed it was so much easier and sweeter handling in almost every situation that I fitted a leading link front end from a Dnepr to the 650.